Trace-carrier.



T. R. WILSON.

TRACE CARRIER.

APPLICATION men JULY 25. ms. RENEWED SEPT. 28. me.

1,300,085. Patented Apr. 8,1919.

I ll H v ZEz'n/b lhomasiwlson THOMAS 3. WILSON, 0F ALTA, 'WYOMING.

TRACE-CARRIER.

Application filed. July 25, 1916, Serial No. 111,307.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. VVILsoN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at" Alta, in the county of Lincoln and State of I Vyom ing, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trace-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trace carriers,

and it has for its object to produce adevice.

of this class which will be simple in con struction, which Wlll have provislon for the attachment of the hip straps as well as for the back band of the harness and in which spring means will be provided for retaining the cockeyes securely in engagement with their respective supporting hooks without interfering with the assembling or disassembling of the cockeyes with said hooks.

IVith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims maybe resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,- Figure l is a top plan view of a trace carrier constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. r Fig. 4 is an end view.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken" on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The base frame 15 of the improved carrler.

is of oblong or oval shape, and it is provided at the ends thereof with separate loops 16 for the attachment of the hip straps. -The' a back band is connected with themain frame intermediate the cross bars 17 whlch defin the loops 16. I r Rising from the base frame and integrally connected therewith is a crown comprising four limbs 18 rising from the main frame and connected by radial arms 19 withthe Specification of Letters Patent.

.Thooks terminally Patented Apr. 8,1919. Renewed September 28, 1918. Serial No, 256,142.-

cap piece The limbs 18 at the two ends of the main frame are connected together by braces21 defining the bottom loops 22 and top loops 23 5 the cap member 20'is provided with lugs or hooks 24: depending within the loops The cross bar 17 atone end of the fraineis provided with upstanding lugs 25; secured by a rivet 26 on the other cross bar 17 is one end of a flat arched spring 27, the other'iend of which is fitted loosely between the lugs 25. The intermediate arched,

portion of" the spring 27 abuts on the lower extremities of the hooks 24. i

The manner of using the improved trace carrier will .bereadily understood; lVhen the cockeyes are inserted through the loops a downward pressure will depress or deflectthe arched portion ofthe spring 27, permitting the cockeyes to be engaged with the hooks 24:. I The spring, by instantly resuming its initial position, will prevent accidental disengagement of the vcockeyes from the hooks, supported. To release the traces a downward pressure of the cockeyes against the and the trace will thus remain spring 27 is all that is needed to enable the cockeyes to be released from hooks 24.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is p V 1. In a trace carrier, a base frame having terminal loops, cross bars defining the same,- lugs rising from one of said cross bars, an, arched spring secured on the other crossbar and terminally guided between the lugs, and,

the supporting a crown rising from the main frame and ineluding a cap member having down-turned hooks terminally engaging the arched portion of the spring.

2. In atrace carrier, a base frame having terminal loops, cross bars defining the'same',

lugs rising from one of said cross bars, an n arched spring secured on the other cross bar and terminally guided between the lugs, and. a crown rising from the main frame 3.1161111: eluding a'cap member having down turnedtion of the (spring, limbs, radial arms connecting'thelimbs with the frame' a engaging thearched por said crown including In testimony whereof I affix mysignaturel J THOMAS R wiLsoN. i

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patenti,

' a Washington, D. 0.. 

